...ولكن الفتيل اشعل لسنوات عدة Arrests for graffiti were the spark of Syria’s revolt, but the fuse had been burning for years
www.washingtonpost.com BEIRUT — Bayan al-Bayasi had been steadily growing disillusioned with her president over the years, but like most Syrians raised on fear and submission, she kept silent. When the Arab protest wave reached Syria, she even defended Bashar Assad to her friends, saying she was sure he was a reformer at

تعلمنا الحرية من الأطفال لأن ابائنا لم يعلمونا وامهاتنا لم يرضعن منها فكان

هاذا مصيررنا ان تكون ثورتنا بدايتها يكتبها الأطفال

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